Underlining the importance of big data in the corporate world, the creation of a data warehouse for a publicly listed dental company has played a major role in the firm's IT manager gaining promotion as its first chief information officer.

Governance and change management can be challenging and confusing and internal IT departments should look to partner with external providers to enable services and platforms that improve productivity while protecting against fragmentation and security threats, a senior IT official from Bluewolf says.

Member concerns over the performance of the board of the Australian Information Security Association (AISA), the country’s peak body for information and cyber security professionals, have pressured AISA to call an extraordinary general meeting.